Hollywood is glamorous and destructive, which leads to many artists having complicated relationships with the industry.
Damien Chazelle’s Babylon is a film that is not like his previous movies. Rather than being enthralled with the spectacle of greatness, Babylon focuses on the pitfalls of trying to build a system that ultimately spits everyone out.
Babylon, a story he has been writing since 2008, explores a statement that was lingering quietly throughout 2016’s La La Land and fills it with excess to highlight Chazelle’s true and complicated feelings toward Hollywood.
In a recent interview with Uproxx, Chazelle called Babylon his “hate letter and love letter” to the infectious nature of Hollywood.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
